Monday Morning Mentor: How to use AI to assess student understanding?

The March 4 Monday Morning Mentor topic is “How Can I Use Generative AI to Assess Student Understanding?”

From this link, you can view the featured 20-Minute Mentor, as well as access the transcript, handouts, and supplemental material. These materials will not be available to be viewed until Monday when the presentation becomes available. You will need to enter the following password in order to view next week’s program: generative81. The presentation is available on-demand for one week.

Access to the programs in the Monday Morning Mentor series is restricted to members of the subscribing institution. Any unauthorized use or access, including sharing access with faculty and staff not affiliated with the subscribing institution, is prohibited.

MIIIE looking for International Curriculum Presenters for March 22 Conference

Midwest Institute for International and Intercultural Education (MIIIE) is offering a spring virtual conference on global curriculum. Colleagues who have developed international curriculum, especially modules, are encouraged to present at MIIIE’s virtual conference on Friday, March 22, 2024. You can register for the conference and propose a presentation through the conference link above.

Monday Morning Mentor tackles using AI to create teaching materials

This week’s Monday Morning Mentor topic is How Can I Use AI to Create Multimedia Teaching Materials?

Presentation date: Feb. 19, 2024, and on-demand for one week. From this link, you can view the featured 20-Minute Mentor and access the transcript, handouts, and supplemental material. These materials are only available for the week of the presentation. NOTE: You will need to enter the following password in order to view this week’s program: multimedia52.

Access to the programs in the Monday Morning Mentor series is restricted to members of the subscribing institution. Any unauthorized use or access, including sharing access with faculty and staff not affiliated with the subscribing institution, is prohibited.

Today’s AIeL Workshop: Be Our OER Valentine

Open Educational Resources: Promoting student success through collaboration adn innovation. Remix Me, Share the Love, Free and Open, Remix, Reuse, Repurpose, Educate Me, You Complete my OER.Join us today from 3:30-4:30 p.m. in Menard 2202, for our workshop: “Open Educational Resources: Promoting Student Success Through Collaboration and Innovation” with,

  • Dr. Erin Shanle, assistant professor, biology
  • Jan Dowell, adjunct instructor, biology
  • Leslie Ross, librarian and associate professor

Open educational resources are free and openly shared resources, including textbooks, that can be customized for specific courses in most disciplines. For the past year, LLCC has participated in a SCOERs (Support for the Creation of Open Educational Resources) grant through FIPSE (the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education) at the U.S. Department of Education. The purpose of this grant is to develop, improve and expand OERs throughout the state, increasing student success through increased awareness and adoption of OERs. In this workshop, LLCC faculty who are part of this grant project will discuss the creation and implementation of an OER for a course on human nutrition, including a discussion of the successes achieved and challenges encountered. Participants will leave with a better understanding of how one might create an OER, the benefits of doing so and tips on how to overcome difficulties in the OER creation process.

Faculty participants will receive one point toward their Training and Innovation professional development total for successful completion of this workshop. Please register for this event.

Upcoming AIeL Workshop: Be Our OER Valentine

Open Educational Resources: Promoting student success through collaboration adn innovation. Remix Me, Share the Love, Free and Open, Remix, Reuse, Repurpose, Educate Me, You Complete my OER.Join us on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, from 3:30-4:30 p.m. in Menard 2202, for our workshop: “Open Educational Resources: Promoting Student Success Through Collaboration and Innovation” with,

  • Dr. Erin Shanle, assistant professor, biology
  • Jan Dowell, adjunct instructor, biology
  • Leslie Ross, librarian and associate professor

Open educational resources are free and openly shared resources, including textbooks, that can be customized for specific courses in most disciplines. For the past year, LLCC has participated in a SCOERs (Support for the Creation of Open Educational Resources) grant through FIPSE (the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education) at the U.S. Department of Education. The purpose of this grant is to develop, improve and expand OERs throughout the state, increasing student success through increased awareness and adoption of OERs. In this workshop, LLCC faculty who are part of this grant project will discuss the creation and implementation of an OER for a course on human nutrition, including a discussion of the successes achieved and challenges encountered. Participants will leave with a better understanding of how one might create an OER, the benefits of doing so and tips on how to overcome difficulties in the OER creation process.

Faculty participants will receive one point toward their Training and Innovation professional development total for successful completion of this workshop. Please register for this event.

Faculty programming for Spring 2024 Professional Development Day

Plan on attending the Spring 2024 Professional Development Day, faculty programming “Beyond the Basics: Engaging All Learners,” on Tuesday, March 26. Save the date. March 26, 2024. Personal Development Day.. Beyond the Basics: Engaging all learners.AIeL is preparing for a robust day of departmental activities and college-wide faculty programming, including four afternoon tracks:

  • Beyond Accessibility: Bridging Our Gaps
  • Beyond DEI: Refreshing Our Approach
  • Beyond the Lecture: Transforming Our Teaching
  • Beyond Pedagogy: Revitalizing Ourselves

This weeks Monday Morning Mentor: Instilling a growth mindset in students

This week’s Monday Morning Mentor topic is “How Can I Use Everyday Interactions to Instill a Growth Mindset in Students?”

Presentation date: Feb. 12, 2024, and on demand for one week.

From this link, you can view the featured 20-Minute Mentor, as well as access the transcript, handouts, and supplemental material. These materials will not be available to be viewed until Monday when the presentation becomes available. NOTE: You will need to enter the following password to view next week’s program:  mindset48

Access to the programs in the Monday Morning Mentor series is restricted to members of the subscribing institution. Any unauthorized use or access, including sharing access with faculty and staff not affiliated with the subscribing institution, is prohibited.

TWO NURSING FACULTY AWARDED $10,000 FELLOWSHIP GRANTS

Casey Hoenes, assistant professor of nursing, and Joi Kazenski, professor of nursing, have been awarded $10,000 Nursing Educator Fellowship Grants from the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE). The fellowships are awarded to “help retain well-qualified nursing faculty at institutions of higher education that award degrees that lead to a registered nurse licensure.” They were among 80 nurse educators from Illinois colleges and universities to receive the awards. This is the second pair of nursing faculty to receive this award. Leslie Catalano and Bridgette Hudson received the award in 2023.

Hoenes is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in nursing education. He says, “This grant helps me by directly paying for Ph.D. classes and helping pay back existing loans.” Kazenski received her Ph.D. in 2020. “I was finishing my coursework at the beginning of the pandemic,” she said. “This grant will help offset the cost of the student loans I acquired when finishing my degree.”

Congratulations!

Congratulations Dr. Chris McDonald

Dr. Chris McDonaldDr. Chris McDonald, professor of political science, has been named the LLCC nominee for the 2023 Dale P. Parnell Distinguished Faculty Award. The award is the American Association of Community Colleges’ faculty distinction recognition, named in honor of former AACC President and CEO Dale P. Parnell, to recognize individuals making a difference in the classroom. Nominees demonstrate passion for students and the classroom; show willingness to support students, inside and outside of the classroom; are inclined to participate in college committees; and go above and beyond what is required to ensure that students are successful in their academic endeavors. Congratulations!

 

Pearson Master Teacher nominations due today

The LLCC Foundation invites students, faculty, staff, alumni and retirees to nominate an outstanding full-time, tenured faculty member for the 2020 Drs. Raymond and Ann Pearson Master Teacher Award. This award annually recognizes an exceptional faculty member’s professional contributions to LLCC. A faculty member may receive the award one time only.

Online nominations must be submitted by today, Feb. 7, 2020. LLCC students, faculty and staff may also log in to Blackboard to access the nomination form.

For more information, stop by the LLCC Foundation on the first floor of Menard Hall, Room 1214, call 786-2785 or e-mail LLCCFoundation@llcc.edu.